Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
TypePrivate
Established1881
PresidentToyin Tofade, MS, PharmD, BCPS, CPCC, FFIP
Academic staff
91 full-time, 24 part-time
Students900
Location
Albany, New York
,
New York
,
United States
MascotPanther
Websitehttp://www.acphs.edu/

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (formerly Albany College of Pharmacy) is a private, independent college with a campus in Albany, New York. ACPHS is home to approximately 900 students and 115 full-and-part time faculty.[1]

History

On June 12, 1881, Albany College of Pharmacy was founded as the nation's 14th pharmacy program.[2] Dr. E.N. Potter, then President of Union College as well as Union University approved the formation of the College at Union University's annual board meeting.[3]

Campus

The ACPHS Campus is located at 106 New Scotland Avenue in the University Heights section of Albany, a higher education and health care cluster that includes Albany Law School, Albany Medical College, and Sage College of Albany, as well as Albany Medical Center, St. Peter's Hospital, and the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center.

The Albany campus is composed of eight buildings:

  • Francis J. O’Brien Building – Opened in 1927, this building is home to lecture halls, research and teaching labs, faculty and administrative offices, and the Throop Pharmacy Museum.
  • Gozzo Student Center – Opened in 2006, the Student Center features a dining hall, bookstore, and two large lecture halls.
  • Albert M. White Gymnasium – The home court for the men's and women's basketball teams and a variety of intramural and recreational activities.
  • Library Building – The bottom two floors are dedicated to the library while the top floor contains a range of student support services.
  • Biosciences Research Building – This former Bender Hygienic Laboratories building is home to the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and houses a number of research laboratories.
  • Holland Building – This multi-purpose building includes classrooms, teaching laboratories, faculty and staff offices, and residence suites.
  • South Hall – A residence hall primarily for first year students.

ACPHS had a campus in Colchester, Vermont located at 261 Mountain View Drive that shut down in June 2021 due to declining enrollment.[4][5] The Vermont Campus offered the professional pharmacy program and a two-year master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Athletics

The ACPHS athletic teams are called the Panthers. The college is a member of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), primarily competing in the Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) since the 2020–21 academic year. The Panthers previously competed as a founding member of the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) from 2004–05 to 2018–19; as well as an USCAA Independent during the 2019–20 school year. ACPHS competes in eight intercollegiate varsity sports (all on the Albany Campus): Sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, track & field, while club sports include golf, hockey, lacrosse and tennis.

The women's basketball team won the school's only national championship in 2013 when it defeated Berkeley College 60-54 to win the USCAA Division II National Championship. The ACPHS track and field was renovated in 2012 at a cost of $2.5 million.[6]

References

  1. ^ "College Navigator - Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  2. ^ Raymond, Andrew Van Vranken (1907). Union University, its history, influence, characteristics and equipment, with the lives and works of its founders, benefactors, officers, regents, faculty, and the achievements of its alumni. Union College, Albany Medical College, Albany Law School, Dudley Observatory, Albany College of Pharmacy. New York Public Library. New York, Lewis Publishing Company.
  3. ^ Raymond, Andrew Van Vranken (1907). Union University, its history, influence, characteristics and equipment, with the lives and works of its founders, benefactors, officers, regents, faculty, and the achievements of its alumni. Union College, Albany Medical College, Albany Law School, Dudley Observatory, Albany College of Pharmacy. New York Public Library. New York, Lewis Publishing Company.
  4. ^ "ACPHS Will Close Operations on its Vermont Satellite Campus in June 2021 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences". www.acphs.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  5. ^ "Albany College of Pharmacy to close Vermont location". 10 November 2020.
  6. ^ "College of Pharmacy adds sports facility". Times Union. Retrieved 2018-06-06.

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